Mark Khalife
Mark Khalife is a Lebanese cinematographer whose work spans narrative features, documentaries, television series, and multi-channel video installations. Born in Beirut, he graduated from the London Film School in 2014. His feature film work includes La mer et ses vagues (2023), Valley of Exile (2022), Sanzaru (2020), and Speaking in Tongues (2018).
Khalife has also collaborated with contemporary visual artists including Akram Zaatari, Nesrine Khodr, Alia Farid, and Carlos Motta.
In 2014, he was selected for the Berlinale Talents program in Berlin.[1]
Career
Khalife's cinematography includes fiction features, shorts, essay films, and installation pieces. His recent feature Dead Dog (2024), directed by Sarah Francis, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival, where it won the Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film.[2]. His 2023 feature La mer et ses vagues screened in the ACID program at the Cannes Film Festival.[3].
Selected filmography
- The Drift (2017)
- Beirut City (2018)
- Speaking in Tongues (2018)
- Une Rose Ouverte (2019)
- Sanzaru (2020)
- Hell (2021)
- January (2022)
- After the End of the World (2022)
- Valley of Exile (2022)
- A Piece of Heaven (2022)
- From the Other Shore (2023)
- La mer et ses vagues (2023)
- Taghyeer Gaw (2023)
- 2006 (2024)
- Ebb and Flow (2024)
- Dead Dog (2024)
- In This Darkness I See You (2025)
- Soulala (2026)
References
- ↑ "Mark Khalife — Berlinale Talents Profile". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ↑ Assibu, Essie (22 November 2025). "Cairo Horizons of Arab Cinema Winner 'Dead Dog' Director Sarah Francis on Silence, Migration and Small Stories in Arab Cinema". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (27 April 2023). "'Two Sisters' Director Mohamed Kordofani, 'La mer et ses vagues' Among ACID Cannes Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
External links
- Mark Khalife on IMDb
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